The Ancient Greeks (History Starts Here) - Hardcover

John Malam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750223677 ISBN 13: 9780750223676

Publisher: Hodder Wayland Childrens

Synopsis

With its clear, simple text and colourful photographs, this book provides the perfect introduction to young readers learning about ancient Greece. It includes information about the city states, how they were governed, Greek festivals and religion, the Olympic Games, family life, war, transport, how the ancient Greeks ate and what they wore. It also contains date chart, glossary, further information and index.

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About the Author

John Malam studied Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, after which he worked as an archaeologist at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Shropshire. He is now an author specialising in information books for children. John also writes a weekly children's book review column for the Manchester Evening News. He lives in Cheshire with his wife, a book designer, and their two children.

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-These books provide basic introductions to their topics, but with such oversimplification as to render them inferior to the many other, far better titles that cover the same material. Two-page chapters consist of many full-color illustrations, including some maps, and address such subjects as warfare, religion, trade, writing, and other aspects of daily life. Most of the pictures are small and do not serve to dramatize the achievements of either culture. A postage-stamp-sized depiction of the Parthenon, for example, cannot begin to depict the beauty and complexity of that structure. Neither book has a list for further reading. These texts treat complex subjects too superficially to engage the interest of readers.
David N. Pauli, Starke County Library, Knox, IN
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Wayland Childrens
• ISBN 10: 0750223677
• ISBN 13: 9780750223676
• Binding: Hardcover